A compilation of recent news and awards in the Division of Art History. This post will be updated as we learn about news and awards.
Faculty
In August 2024, Associate Professor of Art History Kathryn Bunn-Marcuse was awarded a grant by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) in support of her exhibition Woven in Wool at the Burke Museum.
Adair Rounthwaite has been promoted from Associate Professor to full Professor of Art History, effective September 2024.
Professor of Art History Stuart Lingo is the Associate Director of the School of Art + Art History + Design for the 2024-2025 academic year. Starting in September, Lingo will work closely with School Director, Annabelle Gould, to support donor and alumni engagement.
In October, Assistant Professor of Art History Caitlin Earley had her promotional talk titled Rites and Ruin at the Edge of the World: Maya Sculptures of the Comitán Valley. In her talk, Earley presented a new interpretation of art from the Comitán Valley, Chiapas, Mexico, based on over ten years of fieldwork and new photography of over 50 sculptures.
The Division of Art is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Art History (History of Art in South Asia). The position is based on a nine-month service period and will start in September 2025. The priority deadline is October 21, 2024.
Graduate Students
Art History PhD student Nikoloz Nadirashvili was published on the French publication Ritmo: Le Portugal de Salazar et la Géorgie néo-soviétique, des âmes sœurs [Kindred Spirits: Salazar's Portugal and neo-Soviet Georgia] in March. Nadirashvili will present his paper "Cleansing of the Temple: Art, Faith, and Politics in Contemporary Georgia" at the 2024 ASEEES Convention in Boston, MA in November 2024.
PhD candidate Or Vallah is the recipient of an AAUW American Dissertation Fellowship, a national fellowship awarded by the American Association of University Women (AAUW), and the President Dissertation Completion Fellowship awarded by the UW Graduate School.
PhD candidate Ananya Sikand is the Contemporary-Modern Art Perspectives (C-MAP) Fellow for Bombay/Mumbai at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York. The C-MAP Fellowship is a 2-year position Sikand will hold from 2024–2026.
PhD student Mariah Ribeiro's review of the exhibition Jaune Quick-To-See Smith: Memory Map was recently published on CAAR Reviews. The exhibition was on view at the Seattle Art Museum from February 29 through May 12, 2024.